Kash Patel fires far-right FBI agent who unleashed racist attack on him

FBI Director Kash Patel is learning the pitfalls of running an agency chock-full of conspiracy theorists like himself.

The director, who was seemingly nominated for the role primarily because of his sworn allegiance to President Donald Trump and a habit of pushing MAGA conspiracy theories, has become the movement’s whipping boy ever since he assumed his position — largely over his failures to provide evidence supporting MAGA conspiracy theories.

Last week, this came to a head when Patel fired Stephen Friend, a far-right influencer, FBI agent and former Patel ally who gained fame among the MAGA faithful after being suspended from the agency under the Biden administration for reportedly sympathizing with Jan. 6 insurrectionists.

In a letter sent to Friend last Friday, Patel told the agent he was fired “effective immediately” for “unprofessional conduct and poor judgment.” The letter cited multiple public claims Friend made fueling baseless allegations of a government-led cover-up related to the apparent Trump supporter authorities allege to have been behind two attempted pipe bombings targeting Republicans and Democrats in Washington on Jan. 5, 2021.

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